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Toverland have today announced details of their 2018 plans - all of which is available to see on the 2018 minisite.

Today's announcement has confirmed the recent rumours that the new area, opening in summer 2018, will be called Avalon. This is "inspired by the Celtic legend around the famous wizard Merlin and King Arthur and his magical sword Excalibur".

Transformed into this beautiful creature. He makes its maiden flight, on his way to the next destination. This mythical bird bursts into flames once every 777 years, only to be magically reborn and to resurrect from its ashes.

Facts & Figures:

Construction: Bolliger & Mabillard

Type: Wing Coaster

Height: 40 metres

Total length: 813 metres

Maximum speed: 95 km/u

Inversions: 3

Seats: 24 riders per train

Trains: 2 trains, each containing six coaches

Duration: 2 minutes, boarding and disembarking not included

Capacity: 1,000 riders per hour

Minimal length: 1.40 metres

The new area will also include Merlin's Quest, a boat ride from MACK Rides.

The heart of Avalon: ‘Tir na nÓg’, the source of eternal life. Word is that Merlin has seen this place first-hand and obtained eternal life as a result.

This looks really good. I hope when its built that it actually looks like the concept art. The Wing coaster looks quite generic, but i'm sure it will be a fun ride. The boat ride looks like it will be heavily themed as well which ls rather exciting too!

Interestingly, you can see the beginning is more or less identical to Flug Der Daemonen up until the Immelmann - dive drop, low airtime hill then immelmann (only main change is Flug rolls right on the dive drop, and Fenix seems to roll left due to the turn). Also the 6 car trains are another similarity to Flug Der Daemonen. That helix following the Immelmann could be quite intense - so I'm interested to see how it turns out! Only complaint is the layout after the zero-G seems to lose a bit of the excitement. Otherwise, Toverland could have a real winner on their hands here! If it's as well themed as other Toverland rides and keeps it's momentum it might well be Europe's best wing coaster!

I remember attending for the first time in 2004, then went back last year and the difference was astonishing.

Both rides look like great additions. It seems like the Wing Coaster is going to be B&M's most popular ride they sell - quite a few are appearing in the Asian parks as their flagship attractions. I wish more parks would build B&M Floorless coasters which I think are much better rides! Still, this coaster is actually taller and longer then The Swarm, and looks great.

Is this replacing the indoor area then? Or, are they keeping the indoor area but just moving the entrance and admissions area? I have never been or done much research so therefore this may seem a bit like a GP question.

I'm not completely sure what's happening to the current entrance, but this looks to be in a different area of the park, following a quick look on Google Maps with the coaster on the left of the visual as reference.

It would seem that Fenix's lift hill has today been topped off, as shown in this video. Photos posted on Toverland's minisite also show that other sections of the exterior layout have also begun to go vertical now too.

Toverland also recently released the first episode in their 'Making Of' series for Avalon and Port Laguna, providing an insight into both areas' backstories and their early construction.

Toverland have published Episode 3 of their 'Making Of' series, with this video mainly focusing on the composition of the music and soundtracks for Port Laguna and Avalon. Obviously the end of the video that shows the first sections of Fenix's track going up is now a little outdated